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Remains of the Castle of Torregrossa

Torregrossa, Pla d'Urgell, Lleida

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Remains of the Castle of Torregrossa

Monument · Torregrossa, Pla d'Urgell, Lleida

Image of Torregrossa, not of the place itself.

The visible remains of the castell de Torregrossa, in the Pla d'Urgell, are located on the Carrer Major, at 229 metres of altitude, and are protected as an asset of cultural interest. What survives today, a tower with an access gateway, corresponds to the 16th-century reconstruction commissioned by the Montsuar-Avinyó lineage; the doorway opens with a round arch of large voussoirs with the family coat of arms on the keystone, and the upper floor preserves three aligned windows. Some houses neighbouring the church square retain remains of what may have been the old defensive precinct. After the Montsuar-Avinyó, the castle passed to the Rocabertí around 1626 and later to the Pignatelli of Belmonte until the end of the Ancien Régime.

Photo: Government of Catalonia (Attribution)

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